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PCI: Avoid race while enabling upstream bridges
When we enable a device, we first enable any upstream bridges. If a bridge has multiple downstream devices and we enable them simultaneously, the race to enable the upstream bridge may cause problems. Consider this hierarchy: bridge A --+-- device B +-- device C If drivers for B and C call pci_enable_device() simultaneously, both will attempt to enable A, which involves setting PCI_COMMAND_MASTER via pci_set_master() and PCI_COMMAND_MEMORY via pci_enable_resources(). In the following sequence, B's update to set A's PCI_COMMAND_MEMORY is lost, and neither B nor C will work correctly: B C pci_set_master(A) cmd = read(A, PCI_COMMAND) cmd |= PCI_COMMAND_MASTER pci_set_master(A) cmd = read(A, PCI_COMMAND) cmd |= PCI_COMMAND_MASTER write(A, PCI_COMMAND, cmd) pci_enable_device(A) pci_enable_resources(A) cmd = read(A, PCI_COMMAND) cmd |= PCI_COMMAND_MEMORY write(A, PCI_COMMAND, cmd) write(A, PCI_COMMAND, cmd) Avoid this race by holding a new pci_bridge_mutex while enabling a bridge. This ensures that both PCI_COMMAND_MASTER and PCI_COMMAND_MEMORY will be updated before another thread can start enabling the bridge. Note that although pci_enable_bridge() is recursive, it enables any upstream bridges *before* acquiring the mutex. When it acquires the mutex and calls pci_set_master() and pci_enable_device(), any upstream bridges have already been enabled so pci_enable_device() will not deadlock by calling pci_enable_bridge() again. Signed-off-by: Srinath Mannam <[email protected]> [bhelgaas: changelog, comment] Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <[email protected]>
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drivers/pci/pci.c

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@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ static void pci_pme_list_scan(struct work_struct *work);
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static LIST_HEAD(pci_pme_list);
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static DEFINE_MUTEX(pci_pme_list_mutex);
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static DECLARE_DELAYED_WORK(pci_pme_work, pci_pme_list_scan);
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static DEFINE_MUTEX(pci_bridge_mutex);
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struct pci_pme_device {
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struct list_head list;
@@ -1348,17 +1349,25 @@ static void pci_enable_bridge(struct pci_dev *dev)
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if (bridge)
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pci_enable_bridge(bridge);
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/*
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* Hold pci_bridge_mutex to prevent a race when enabling two
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* devices below the bridge simultaneously. The race may cause a
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* PCI_COMMAND_MEMORY update to be lost (see changelog).
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*/
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mutex_lock(&pci_bridge_mutex);
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if (pci_is_enabled(dev)) {
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if (!dev->is_busmaster)
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pci_set_master(dev);
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return;
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goto end;
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}
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retval = pci_enable_device(dev);
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if (retval)
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dev_err(&dev->dev, "Error enabling bridge (%d), continuing\n",
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retval);
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pci_set_master(dev);
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end:
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mutex_unlock(&pci_bridge_mutex);
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}
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static int pci_enable_device_flags(struct pci_dev *dev, unsigned long flags)
@@ -1383,7 +1392,7 @@ static int pci_enable_device_flags(struct pci_dev *dev, unsigned long flags)
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return 0; /* already enabled */
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bridge = pci_upstream_bridge(dev);
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if (bridge)
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if (bridge && !pci_is_enabled(bridge))
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pci_enable_bridge(bridge);
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/* only skip sriov related */

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